Milton P. Brown

EXETER — Milton P. Brown died Saturday, April 25, 2009, at the Ridge at RiverWoods.

EXETER — Milton P. Brown died Saturday, April 25, 2009, at the Ridge at RiverWoods.

He was born Jan. 19, 1919, in Yonkers, N.Y., the son of George E. and Linda (Schneider) Brown and was raised in Rochester, N.Y.

He was a 1940 graduate of Harvard College and a 1942 graduate of Harvard Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Brown was a member of the Harvard Business School faculty from 1942 until 1987. He was named the Lincoln Filene Professor of Retailing in 1963 and served on numerous boards of directors.

He is survived by his wife, Joan (Hawley) Brown of Exeter; two daughters, Janet Slayton and Pamela Nahass, both of Millis, Mass.; five grandchildren, Scott Powers of Stoneham, Mass., Deborah King and Linda Weeks, both of Woburn, Mass., William Weeks of Greensboro, N.C., and Katharine Slayton of Millis; and two great-granddaughters, Alexis King and Allison King.

WE REMEMBER: He became a director of the Harvard Coop in 1964, and served as chairman and chief executive officer for more than two decades.

As one of the original Harvard Business School faculty involved in the school's International Senior Managers Program held in Mont Pelerin, Switzerland, he lived and taught in Switzerland from 1973 to 1976.

Private services and burial will be held in Lovell, Maine, in the summer.

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